Kristina Kumrić graduated design at the Faculty of textile technology of the Univeristy of Zagreb and later Film and TV directing at the Academy of dramatic art in Zagreb. She is the author of several short fiction and documentary films. Her short documentary “Welcome to Igrane” won a special jury prize at the Vukovar Film Festival, 1st jury prize at Liburnia Film Festival and best film award at FRKA festival. Kristina has been working with the Croatian Radiotelevision and since 2013 she is a lecturer at the Culturology department of the University of Osijek in Croatia.

MAJA HRGOVIĆ, born in Split, Croatia in 1980, is an award winning fiction writer, journalist and cultural activist. Her first short story collection “Pobjeđuje onaj kojem je manje stalo” (He Who Cares Less, published by Profil, Zagreb, 2010) won the national Kiklop award for the best newcomer of that year. In November 2013 her novel „Živjet ćemo bolje“ (We Shall Live Better, Arteist, Zagreb, 2013) was published and adapted for theatre (ZKM, Zagreb, January 2016., directed by Senka Bulić). She is also the author of the essay collection „Žena, majka, glupača“ („Woman, Mother, Emptyhead“, Arteist, Zagreb, 2014), in which she explores gender stereotypes in Balkan politics, media and pop-culture.

Her fiction has been included in several collections, including the anthology “Best European Fiction 2012” (edited by Alexandar Hemon and published by Dalkey Archive Press) and The Granta Magazine. She was nominated for the European Prize for Literature in 2015.

Her journalistic work has been represented in numerous international media, including the book “Identity: The Search for Belonging in a Changing Europe”. In 2009. she was awarded the first prize for journalistic excellence (Journalistic Excellence Award by Balkan Investigative Reporting Network).

Her theatre work includes a play „Terracotta Boy“ written for children’s theatre Meriton in Xian, China, where it premiered in May 2016. In 2013, she was awarded the Marin Držić prize for her theater play „Beautiful Ruins“. In 2015 she was commissioned by Mala scena theatre (Zagreb) to write a piece for children, about a boy who was in no rush to grow up. The play „Puž“ (The Snail), directed by Staša Zurovac, premiered in Mala scena in February 2016.
She is the editor of the online culture magazine Arteist.hr.

Vanja Jambrović graduated philosophy and comparative literature at Faculty for social sciences in Zagreb in 2005 and in 2011 she graduated film production at the Academy of Dramatic Art, also in Zagreb. Vanja started working in film industry in 2002 as a production assistant and a festival coordinator. Since 2009 she’s been making films with Restart. Vanja’s track record includes more than 20 films of all shapes and sizes.

Restart as a production company is focused mostly on documentaries and making first steps towards fiction films. Restart is a multi-faceted organization, also running educational programs, it runs a distribution label (Restart label) and operates DOKUKINO KIC – a small art house cinema in the center of Zagreb dedicated to creative documentary.

Vanja is running the Restart Laboratory – a platform for first time directors and Restart Masterclass – a year-long program dedicated to connecting world-class filmmakers with Croatian audiences through a series of interactive lectures.

With her projects Vanja was a part of several professional workshops such as: EAVE (2015), Producers on the move (Cannes 2014), Robert Bosch Coproduction Prize Germany Eastern Europe (Berlin, 2013), Berlinale Talent Campus (Berlin, 2013), Emerging Producers 2012 (Jihlava), Sarajevo Talent Campus (Sarajevo, 2012), EURODOC (France 2010) and many more. Her films have circled the globe, having been screened in competition at Hot Docs or Toronto IFF to Karlovy Vary IFF and hundreds more.

Tibor Keser (born 1981) is film a producer living and working in Zagreb, Croatia. His areas of interest include film (both fiction and documentary), video and theatre. He is working as a producer with Restart. Tibor graduated Economics at the University of Zagreb. A few years later, he enrolled into the Academy of dramatic art in Zagreb later graduating film and theatre production. He is a guest lecturer for Palunko – a scriptwriting program by the Croatian Film Association. He is a member of Kino Klub Split – Cinema Club Split. He actively pursues workshops and festivals, including the 7. Sarajevo Talent Campus in 2013, EURODOC 2015, Berlinale Talents 2016 and Emerging Producers 2017 at Jihlava IFF.

Hélène Mitjavile (born 1984 in Paris) is the cofounder and principal producer of Melocoton Films, a boutique production company focusing on arthouse international coproductions. After studying theatre at Cours Florent, media and arts management at HEC Paris and film production and distribution at La Femis, she first gained professional experience at Metronomic (animation studio) as a production assistant and at Natixis Coficiné (investment bank for cinema) as an analyst. She then worked for the established arthouse sales company The Coproduction Office. In 2011, she founded Melocoton Films with advertising producer and director Théo Laboulandine. Melocoton has 5 short fictions in its catalogue, 2 in production and 4 projects in development including an Argentinian feature selected for the San Sebastian Film Festival Co-Production Forum 2016.